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Everything you need to know about exporting for small businesses

Exporting can offer great benefits to small and medium sized businesses based in the UK. It’s a market worth £508 billion to the UK economy, with 10% of the UK’s small businesses already trading abroad.

Benefits include:

A wider customer base, potentially leading to greater sales and profits

More efficient use of capacity, particularly in manufacturing businesses

A showcase for new and innovative products and services that can boost your reputation

Greater resilience and less risk from falling sales due to economic factors in individual countries or markets

We’ve compiled a list of useful resources and organisations that can help you on your export journey:

Department for International Trade
A range of support for small businesses, a lot of which is free. From local trade experts, to market research and international networking opportunities.

Keir Thomas-Bryant

Keir Thomas-Bryant is Sage’s dedicated content specialist for its accounting and accountant areas, with an interest in compliance issues like MTD and GDPR too. He has two decades of experience in practically every writing-related task – from editing magazines to authoring textbooks to blogging professionally.

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